Democrats push to rein in Trump on immigration after voter backlash to ICE raids

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Congressional Democrats called for limits on the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations after voter backlash to ICE raids. They advocated bipartisan reforms but did not provide details, as Democrats prepare to control both chambers of Congress next year.

Members of Congress seek to ‘bring sanity’ to system but decline to give details on plans to reform or abolish agency A group of congressional Democrats on Wednesday pushed for immediate efforts to rein in the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operation and “bring sanity” to an immigration system that Donald Trump said, after his party’s midterm drubbing, had been “too tough” in certain aspects. Just over a week after the midterm elections in which the US president’s harsh crackdown on immigration fueled a voter backlash against Republicans, some sitting and newly elected Democrats gathered outside the US Capitol in Washington to advocate for a bipartisan approach to reforms – even as they gear up to take control of both legislative chambers next year. Continue reading...